PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona: Day 4 Recap

Day 4 of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour has just ended. Even though PokerStrategists were no longer present in the tournament, there were still several notable names like Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier and Roland de Wolfe who took part in the action.

An interesting fact in the EPT history is that no player has won the EPT two times thus far. However, five of the 23 starting players on Day 4 had already won an EPT title, meaning there was a chance for an "EPT Double".

Day 4

Day 4 started in a slow pace but it seemed that for some players the action started even too fast. Bertrand "ElkY" Grospieller couldn't have started any worse. He decided to play with pocket fours and was suprised when his opponent tabled over Q-3.

His pocket pair suddenly looked grim when the flop revealed a queen and ElkY was left with slim chances of winning the pot. Turn and the river didn't help him and a while later, a short-stacked ElkY was busted in 19th place which earned him €26,000.

Not long after ElkY's departure, Roland de Wolfe also hit the rail. Holding , he lost against Phillips' . Next to ElkY and de Wolfe, Kyllonen, Mike McDonald and Jan Boubli were also busted and with these players gone, the chances for EPT Double were gone.

The day ended with Carter Philips as the chip leader, as he holds 4,421,000 chips. The blinds on Day 5 starts at 20,000/40,000 with  4,000 ante. The average stack is 1,792,500 and only eight players are left. Tomorrow's action starts at 12:30 and whoever wins the tournament will take down €850,000 in prize money.

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Allanon, who is always up for a live tournament, decided to play the side-event after his fast bust on Day 1A of the EPT Main Event.

Unfortunately, his run wasn't better than in the Main Event and he had to leave before the money places, as he lost with tens against kings.

Chip Counts after day 4

PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona Final Table Chip Stacks
Rank	Name	Chips
1	Carter Phillips	4,421,000
2	Marc Goodwin	3,100,000
3	Matt Lapossie	2,938,000
4	Asa Smith	1,380,000
5	Georgios Kapalas	826,000
6	Toni Ojala	754,000
7	Santiago Terrazas	546,000
8	Mihai Manole	410,000

Gallery

Entry to the press room	The Tournament Director in front of the TV Table

Stream in the press room	Break Time